SolidWorks Sheet Metal: Custom Form Tools

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Aside from geometry that overlaps, there are very few limitations to the form tools in SolidWorks Sheet Metal. With a few simple steps, you can create your own custom form tools and easily modify and update them. The video below, takes you through the process of making your own form tools: 

Fun with Sketched Bends

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It’s one thing to create a complex shape with SolidWorks Sheet Metal; It’s an entirely different thing to get that shape to flatten. The sketch bend tool allows you to create multiple bends in a single feature by adding multiple lines to your bend sketch. If you combine this with the unfold and fold features,… Read more »

SolidWorks Sheet Metal: Skeletal Seating

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Even the most simple looking products, can present a problem when you are trying to recreate the same geometry within SolidWorks. If you are well versed with SolidWorks Sheet Metal, the chair shown above, from Yanko Design, can be designed in several different manners, but if you’re new to sheet metal tools, this may provide a… Read more »